Flexible wire-strand bead bracelet and method of making the same



Mar. 13, 1923.

Q C. H. SHERMAN FLEXIBLE WIRE STRAND BEAD BRACELET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed June 28, 1922 Patented ar. 13, 1923.

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Application filed June 28, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Flexible VVire-Strand Bead Bracelet and Method of Making the Same, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is'to provide a new inexpensive and convenient method of making a bead bracelet; to provide a novel method of fastening the ends of the wire strand of such a bracelet together; and to provide a novel bracelet made in accordance with this invention. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a view of my complete bracelet having stones of alternating shapes and colors;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a similarly constructed bracelet having like stones;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of the portion of the bracelet where the wire strands are fastened together, before the strands are engaged with each other;

Fig. 4 is a similar view withthe strand 5 inserted through bead 3';

Fig. 5 is a similar view with the end 5 of the strand formed into the loop 6;

Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of loop 2 in the end of wire strand 1; and

Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective view of a modification having a different element substituted for bead 3.

Fig. 8 is a detail of the snap catch of the prior art, over which this invention is intended as an improvement.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide athin, flexible wire strand 5 on which are threaded either like-beads 4 as shown in Fig. 2; or alternating heads 4 and 3 differing in color and size, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby to provide a more ornamental bracelet.

In carrying out the method of constructing the bracelet, after beads 4 and 3 are strung on the flexible strand 1, in which a loop 2 has first been formed, as shown in Fig. 6, I insert the free end 5 of strand 1 through the end head 3, as shown in Fig. 4. An instrument with a suitable slot in it of appropriate size to engage the Wire is used Serial No. 571,408.

to grasp end 5, which is then looped about the strand 1, adjacent the end bead 3 to form a loop 6, such as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 7. This method of making the bracelet reduces the expense of manufacture and provides a bracelet which is firmly secured at the ends where it is fastened, and which is no more flexible at that point than other portions of the bracelet; and which also has its ends firmly secured so that there is no danger of the ends of the bracelet becoming detached. I may use a. metal (or other equiv alent) head 3 interposed between the loops 2 and 6 or any other suitable spacing member, such as a ring or cylinder 7 interposed in place of bead 3 between loops 2 and 6. Fig. 7 illustrates such a modification. Or I may omit any spacing bead or member between the loops 2 and 6.

It is within'the contemplation of my invention to make either earrings or finger rings in the same manner as prescribed for bracelets, the difference being only in the matter of size.

What I claim is:

1. The method of making a bead bracelet, consisting in forming a loop in the end of a wire strand, stringing the desired beads on the wire strand, inserting the free end of the strand through the loop and through the bead adjacent the loop, twisting the free end of the strand in a loop about the other strand and adjacent to the end bead, whereby the bead will be positioned between the aforesaid loops.

2. The method of making a bead bracelet. consisting in forming a loop in the end of a wire strand, stringing the desired beads on the wire strand, inserting the free end of the strand through the loop and through an appropriate spacing clement-,and forming the free end of the strand into a loop around formed in the ends of the strands on opposite sides of a bead through which both strands are inserted, substantially as and for the purposes described. 4

4. A bead bracelet ofthe class described,

consisting of a flexible wire strand, a series of beads threaded on said strand, said beads being of different sizes and colors and alternatelyarranged, a metal bead element interposed between the ends ofthe strands, and

1 means for securely fasteningthe ends of the' strands around each other and in engage ment Withsaid metal bead element. I v '5. A bead bracelet of he class described,

consisting of a fleXiblefWire strand, a series of beads threaded on said strand, the ends of the strands being 'insert'ed through a common bead, and loops formed on the ends of said strands, each of said loops encircling 

